Badge



- (Model) I P. S. HOFFMAN.

BADGE.

110. 244,457. Patefit'ed July 19,1881.

n. PHERS. Pumumw. 1mm 1:. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER S. HOFFMAN, OF RIGHMOND,-INDIANA.

BADGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,457, dated July 19, 1881.

' Application filed April 15,1881. (Model) To all whom "it may concern Be it known that I, PETER S. HOFFMAN, of Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Badges; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved badge. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view on the line a: as, Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a detail view of the rosette-plate, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the badge-fastenin g plate.

Corresponding partsin the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to combined rosettes andbad ges made separate and detachable from each other, so that either one may be removed and a different'one substituted, thus rendering the device appropriate for different occasions and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents a semicircular plate, of sheet metal, provided near its lower or straight edge with books B B, formed by stamping or striking up the plate, as clearly shown in the drawings.

0 is the rosette, which is secured to the plate A by means of prongs or tines, which may be formed upon the latter by means of a suitable pointedtool, said prongs or tines being clinched eyeletwise over the back plate of the rosette, (after passing through perforations formed in the same by the pointed tool which forms the prongs,) as clearly represented in the drawin gs hereto annexed.

D is a ribbon, of silk, satin, or other material, suitably ornamented and bearing appropriate characters. Said ribbon is attached to a holder consisting of a metallic plate, E, bent or doubled, as shown, and provided with stamped or struck-up eyes F, formed by making semicircular cuts or incisions from the line on whichithe plate is to be bent upon itself, thus causing the said semicircular parts to project, as shown, forming a circular part of single thickness, which is perforated to form' the eye F. The ribbon badge is secured between the leaves or sides of the doubled plate E by perforating the latter after the ribbon has been adjusted by means of a suitable pointed tool and clinching on the opposite side, as shown.

The rosette-plate A is provided on its rear side with a pin, G, by which the device may 'be attached to the lapel of a coat or where it erence to the drawings hereto annexed, the

operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

By the eyes F in plate E the badge may be readily adjusted upon the hooks of the rosette-plate, and either the badge or rosette may be readily detached and a different one substituted. The construction is simple, and stitching or sewing the rosette or badge to their respective plates is avoided, thus saving time and making a durable, attractive, and inexpensive article.

I am aware of the patents to Smith, No. 234,210, November 9, 1880, and Tunny, No. 207,694, September 3, 1878, and I claim nothin g therein shown.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States.

' In a badge, the clamping-plate E, bent upon itself and having a semicircular incision extending from the bending-line to form a circular part of single thickness perforated to form the eye F, asherein described and shown,

and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER S. HOFFMAN.

Witnesses:

O. B. HUNT, CHAS. W. GRAVES. 

